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- Eldon Rathburn was born on April 21, 1916 in Queenstown, New Brunswick, Canada. He was a composer, known for Waiting for Caroline (1969), Cold Journey (1975) and Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964). He died on August 31, 2008 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Early in his career, he played in fiddler Don Messer's band before Messer became a Canadian television folk icon.
- He composed music for about 250 short and feature-length films for the National Film Board of Canada. He wanted to be known for more than his movie scores, however, and composed chamber music later in life, working into his 90s.
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